Agave demeesteriana

Agave demeesteriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. demeesteriana
Binomial name
Agave demeesteriana
Jacobi
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Agave ananassoides DeJonghe & Jacobi
  • Agave miradorensis Jacobi
  • Agave miradorensis var. regeliana (Jacobi) A.Terracc.
  • Agave regeliana Jacobi

Agave demeesteriana is a species reported as native to the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Veracruz and reportedly naturalized in Florida.[3][4]

Some sources hyphenate the epithet as "de-meesteriana." The correct spelling is without the hyphen (per ICN 60.9 and 60C.5c)[5]

References

  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. Jacobi, Georg Albano von. Versuch zu einer systematischen Ordnung der Agaveen 218. 1865.
  4. Howard Scott Gentry, Agaves of Continental North America (University of Arizona Press, 1982)
  5. McNeill et al. (eds), International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books. 2012
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